LAVC College Bulletin August 25-31, 2013 This Issue s News & Events Welcome Back to LAVC! Fall Semester 2013 Starts on August 26 Day and evening classes for the Fall 2013 Semester will begin on Monday, August 26; Weekend classes begin on Saturday, August 31. Students are encouraged to look at the updated class schedule at http://www.lavc.edu/schedules.html for any schedule changes/updates. For a complete list of dates and deadlines, visit www.lavc.edu/calendar. LAVC Business Office to Offer Extended Hours of Operation for the Fall 2013 Rush Period Until September 13 The LAVC Business Office will offer extended Fall 2013 Rush Period hours of operation between August 19-September 13 to better assist students during the beginning of the semester. The Business Office extended hours during the Fall 2013 Rush Period will be Monday-Thursday, from 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m.-3:45 p.m. For more information, visit the Business Office Web page at www.lavc.edu/businessoffice/index.html. LAVC Cooperative Education Offers Students College Credit for Work Experience during the Fall 2013 Semester The LAVC Cooperative Education Office is currently accepting enrollments for the Fall 2013 semester. The last day to enroll will be Friday, September 6. Students who are working or interning this semester may be eligible for 1 to 4 units of college credit. Space is limited. Students must be enrolled at Los Angeles
Valley College, complete a Fall 2013 Cooperative Education enrollment application, and schedule an appointment to meet with the Cooperative Education Director; Enrollment into the program is by add slip only. For more information and to download the fall appliciation, please visit www.lavc.edu/cooped. LAVC Art Gallery to Feature its Annual Show of Valley College Student Work from August 26-September 5 The LAVC Art Gallery and the LAVC Art Department, in collaboration with the LAVC Arts Club, presents its annual student show entitled Insomniacs. The exhibit will be on display from August 26-September 5. Insomniacs (Student Show) highlights the tremendous range of artworks created by Los Angeles Valley College students during the 2012-2013 academic year. Juried by the faculty, the selected works are among exemplary pieces produced in courses taught within the art department than span a wide range of disciplines in the visual arts such as drawing, painting, design, illustration, photography, printmaking, three-dimensional design, sculpture and ceramics. The LAVC Art Gallery is open Monday-Thursday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 6-9 p.m.; the Art Gallery will be closed for the Labor Day holiday on September 2. For more information, visit the LAVC Art Gallery Web page at www.lavc.edu/arts/artgallery.html. Calling All Actors! LAVC Theater Arts to Hold Auditions for August Wilson s Joe Turner s Come and Gone on August 28-29 The LAVC Theater Arts Department will hold auditions for Joe Turner s Come and Gone by August Wilson on Wednesday, August 28 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Thursday, August 29 at 3 p.m. in the Horseshoe Theater in the Theater Arts Building. It is specifically searching for 10 incredible African American actors (ages 11-55 years). This drama by the author of The Piano Lesson, Seven Guitars and Fences, which is set in a black boardinghouse in Pittsburgh in 1911, is an installment of the author's series chronicling black life in each decade of this century. Each denizen of the boardinghouse has a different relationship to a past of slavery as well as to the urban present. They include the proprietors, an eccentric clairvoyant with a penchant for old country voodoo, a young homeboy up from the South and a mysterious stranger who is searching for his wife. For more information on how to sign up for an audition, visit the Theater Arts Department Web page at www.lavctheater.com, or contact Cathy Pyles at (818) 947-2787 or pylescs@lavc.edu. Attention Faculty & Staff! The Faculty Lounge is Being Relocated to Bungalow 83 Beginning August 26, the Faculty Lounge will be located in Bungalow 83. The Faculty Lounge was moved from the Cafeteria Building due to the upcoming construction of the new Monarch Center. Use of the Faculty Lounge space for meetings or other activities can be reserved through the LAVC Master Calendar Office by
calling (818) 947-2421. To find the location of Bungalow 83, please view the campus map at www.lavc.edu/map/index.html. Job Training is Now Located in the Administration Building The LAVC Job Training Office and Extension Program has been relocated from the Cafeteria Building to the Administration Building (in the former Counseling Department area). This move was necessary due to the upcoming demolition of the Cafeteria Building so that the new Monarch Center can be built. The hours of operation for the LAVC Job Training Office and Extension Program are Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. For more information about Job Training and its programs, visit www.lavc.edu/jobtraining/index.htm. To view the updated campus map noting its new location, visit www.lavc.edu/map/index.html. Additional news and events are posted online at www.lavc.edu/campusnews/. Please Announce to All Students The following are important campus announcements for your students: - Did You Know You Can Earn College Credits While You Learn Workplace Skills? Enroll Now for Fall 2013 Cooperative Education at LAVC! The LAVC Cooperative Education Office is accepting enrollment applications for the Fall semester between August 1-September 6. If you are working or interning this semester you may be eligible for 1 to 4 units of college credit. Act now, space is limited and the last day to enroll is Sept. 6th! For more information and to download the fall application, please visit www.lavc.edu/cooped. - Want Money for Your Textbooks? It s Time to Sell Your Old Books to the LAVC Monarch Bookstore. The LAVC Monarch Bookstore will be holding a Bookstore Buyback and Rental Returns from August 26-30. You can sell back your old textbooks, or return your book rentals at the Bookstore Buyback Door in Campus Center. The Bookstore Buyback will be open on Monday-Thursday, August 26-29 from 8 a.m.-7 p.m., and Friday, August 30 from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. For more information, contact the LAVC Bookstore at (818) 947-2313 or visit www.lavcbookstore.com. - Need to Pay Your Fees or Buy a Parking Pass? LAVC Business Office is Now Open for Extended Hours Until September 13. The LAVC Business Office will offer extended Fall 2013 Rush Period hours of operation between August 19-September 13 to better assist students during the beginning of the Fall 2013 semester. The Business Office extended hours during the Fall 2013 Rush Period will be Monday- Thursday, from 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m.-3:45 p.m. For more information, visit the Business Office Web page at www.lavc.edu/businessoffice/index.html. - Did You Know? LAVC is a Smoke Free Campus Except in New Designated Smoking Areas. As of February 4, 2013, LAVC is a "Smoke Free Campus" except in the following four new designated smoking areas: west of the Library & Academic Resource Center (near College Road North), southwest corner of Parking Lot D (near Campus Drive and Emelita Street), between the Field House and Bungalow 78 (near Ethel Avenue), and south of the Engineering Building (near Parking Lot A). For more information, visit www.lavc.edu/campusnews/#smokefreecampus. - Don t Want to Hassle with Campus Parking? Take the Orange Line to Valley College. Los Angeles Valley College is conveniently located off the Metro s Orange Line. In addition, the campus can be reached by using the Metro Bus Lines 154, 156, 167, or 656, as well as the DASH bus s Van Nuys/Studio City line. For more information, visit www.lavc.edu/sheriff/parking.html#busrailroutes.
- Want to Be Alerted During a Campus Emergency? Sign Up for AlertU and Get Emergency Updates on Your Cell Phone. LAVC is offering an SMS-based emergency notification service for your mobile (cell) phone. In the event of an emergency, you will be alerted in real-time by text messaging with important security information. To sign up for AlertU, visit www.lavc.edu (click the AlertU button on the left hand side of the page, enter your cell phone number and click go, and reply with a Y to the text you receive). To learn more, visit www.alertu.org. - Did You Know? Get the Latest Financial Aid Info on the LAVC Financial Aid Facebook Page! The LAVC Financial Aid Office has recently launched a new Facebook page. The Financial Aid Office will post important announcements that you should be aware of including financial aid deadlines, financial aid events, and more! Visit www.facebook.com/lavcfinancialaid, and click Like Us. - Want More Info on Financial Aid? Check Out Financial Aid TV (FATV) Online! The LAVC Financial Aid Office recently launched Financial Aid TV (FATV), an exciting new online video service for Valley College prospective and current students. Come check out the online library of short video clips (60-90 seconds) on topics such as financial aid, financial literacy, loans, grants and more in an easy-tounderstand style. Visit the LA Valley College s FATV site at http://lavc.financialaidtv.com. - Want the Latest News on LAVC s Construction and Parking Updates? Information on construction projects that impact the college community are regularly posted on the LAVC s ReVitalizing Valley College Web Site. Check out the Construction and Parking Updates link on the LAVC homepage, or visit www.lavc.edu/revitalizingvalley/constructionupdates.html. Announcements for Faculty/Staff Attention Faculty The Deadline to Reload Your Reprographics Copy Card for the Fall 2013 Semester is September 6. The LAVC Reprographics Department will be allowing faculty to reload their Reprographics Copy Card for the Fall 2013 Semester between Monday, August 12-Friday, September 6; no cards will be reloaded after this time period. Faculty who wish to reload their copy card must stop by the Reprographics Department in the Administration building before the September 6 th deadline. The Reprographics Department is open Monday- Thursday from 7 a.m.-8:25 p.m., and Friday from 7 a.m.-3:25 p.m. Get Campus Emergency Updates on Your Cell Phone! Sign Up for AlertU (Emergency Mobile Text Alerts). LAVC offers an SMS-based emergency notification service for your mobile (cell) phone. In the event of an emergency, LAVC students, staff, faculty and others will be alerted in real-time by text message with important security information. Signing up for AlertU is voluntary, but this is the best and fastest way to learn right away in an emergency. To sign up for AlertU, visit www.lavc.edu (click the AlertU button on the left hand side of the page, enter the cell phone number and click go, and reply with a Y to the confirmation text message sent to the cell phone). To learn more, visit www.alertu.org. Want the Latest News on LAVC s Construction and Parking Updates? Information on construction projects that impact the college community are regularly posted on the LAVC s ReVitalizing Valley College Web Site. Check out the Construction and Parking Updates link on the LAVC Web site, or visit www.lavc.edu/revitalizingvalley/constructionupdates.html. Got News to Share? Let the LAVC PR Office Help You Publicize It! The LAVC Public Relations Office can assist LAVC departments, programs and services with promoting news and events to the campus community and beyond. It can help with posting announcements in the College Bulletin, on the college s electronic marquee, on LAVC s online calendar, on the LAVC homepage, and on LAVC s Facebook and Twitter pages. Simply fill out a PR Request Form (available online at www.lavc.edu/campusnews/pr.html) for your event or news item, and email the completed form to news@lavc.edu. In addition, the Public Relations Office can help with the creation of Facebook pages for college departments and programs. Please note: The LAVC PR Office is unable to fulfill requests from organizations not directly affiliated with Los Angeles Valley College. For more information, visit the PR Office Web page at www.lavc.edu/campusnews/pr.html.
Activities this Week The following is a list of selected campus events and meetings that are scheduled to take place at LAVC. Please contact the listed department/contact person for more detailed information. A complete list of campus activities is posted on the online LAVC calendar at www.lavc.edu/calendar/. Sunday, August 25 LAVC Calendar of Events for August 25-31, 2013 All day Fall Semester 2013 - Residency Determination Date Monday, August 26 All day Fall Semester 2013 - Day and Evening Classes Begin All day Fall Semester 2013 - First Day to Petition for Pass/No Pass 4:30pm - 5:30pm GVGC Committee Meeting sponsored by Greater Valley Glen Council (GVGC) Where: Campus Center 104 Contact: Greater Valley Glen Council, http://www.greatervalleyglencouncil.org Calendar: Community Events Tuesday, August 27
1:30pm - 3pm Chairs & Directors Meeting Where: Student Services Center, Multipurpose Room Contact: Karen Daar, (818) 947-2325, daarkl@lavc.edu Calendar: LAVC Meetings Wednesday, August 28 10:30am - 12pm Personnel Commission Office Hours sponsored by the LACCD Personnel Commission Where: Campus Center 104 Contact: LACCD Personnel Commission, Rosie Castro, (213) 891-2088 Calendar: Faculty/Staff Events 3pm - 6pm Auditions for Joe Turner's Come and Gone sponsored by the LAVC Theater Arts Department Where: Horseshoe Theater Contact: LAVC Theater Arts Department, http://www.lavctheater.com 7pm - 10pm Auditions for Joe Turner's Come and Gone sponsored by the LAVC Theater Arts Department Where: Horseshoe Theater Contact: LAVC Theater Arts Department, http://www.lavctheater.com Thursday, August 29
3pm - 6pm Auditions for Joe Turner's Come and Gone sponsored by the LAVC Theater Arts Department Where: Horseshoe Theater Contact: LAVC Theater Arts Department, http://www.lavctheater.com Friday, August 30 8am - 3pm Textbook Buyback and Rental Returns sponsored by the LAVC Bookstore Saturday, August 31 All day Fall Semester 2013 - Saturday Classes Begin VISION STATEMENT Los Angeles Valley College inspires, educates, and enriches our diverse community, developing critical and creative thinkers and lifelong learners. MISSION STATEMENT Los Angeles Valley College serves as a leader in student success, with pathways for certificates, degrees, transfer, and continuing education. We enable students to advance their education, personal development, and quality of life, empowering them to be productive and engaged members of the global community. For the LAVC Mission and Vision Statements and Core Values, visit www.lavc.edu/vision-mission/